Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul are toast, and why some conservatives will secretly root for Obama

Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul are toast, and why some conservatives will
secretly root for Obama
By Brent Budowsky - 03/23/12 05:40 PM ET

Newt Gingrich will drop out by April 15. Ron Paul will drop out by May
1. Both will strongly support Mitt Romney. Gingrich has no choice. His
campaign is dying. He is dependent on one man, Sheldon Adelson, who
will soon drop his support. Ron Paul has a choice, but the choice he
will make is to drop out and support Mitt, after squeezing everything
he can from Romney in the deal. Truth is, Ron is a beautiful old-style
politician, but he is losing primary support so fast he is losing
leverage fast, which means the price Romney will pay Paul is going
down. So Paul must cut the deal before the price reaches zero.

Newt is just bye-bye ASAP, not worth the time. Paul has the option of
running as a third party, and with his delegates so low this is his
only leverage to pressure Mitt to pay a higher price. So Newt will
drop out because he has to, Ron will sell out because the price is
right, but this must happen sooner rather than later because (in the
tradition of Ron's Austrian economists) Ron Paul's value to Mitt
Romney is declining fast.

Regarding Dick Morris's piece about Santorum ragging on Romney, I feel
Dick's pain, but the problem is not Santorum. Earmark-loving lobbyist
Santorum will be an enthusiastic champion of Romney. So will Paul and
Gingrich.

Rick Santorum will either return to being a millionaire
special-interest lobbyist or seek a government job. In both cases he
needs Mitt. Newt Gingrich will return to being a pay-for-play
millionaire special-interest hustler. He, too, will need Mitt. Ron
Paul already acts like he is partially owned by Mitt. Mitt will
promise things for Rand Paul if Ron does his partisan duty, and
against Rand Paul if Ron does salute, obey and endorse the boss
(Mitt). Goodbye, Austrian economists, hello, vulture capitalists.

Once Gingrich and Paul are out, the next question will be who makes
more gigantic gaffes, the man who does not care about unemployment or
the man who likes firing people.

The real problem for Republicans is that some honorable conservatives
believe that Romney would be a disaster for conservatives. The only
thing these conservatives hate more than Romney winning one term is
Romney winning two terms. Some of these conservatives will secretly
hope Obama wins, so they can nominate a true conservative in 2016.

In a close election, these conservative stay-homes could be fatal for
Republicans, but the more MItt panders to them, the more moderates he
loses, which could also be fatal to Republicans.

In the end, Gingrich and Paul will pander to Romney, but Romney cannot
pander to everyone at the same time. This is why there is secret joy
in the White House, while some on the right will secretly be satisfied
if Obama wins.

More:
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/217911-newt-gingrich-and-ron-paul-are-toast-and-why-some-conservatives-will-secretly-root-for-obama

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Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
Have a great day,
Tommy

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Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
Have a great day,
Tommy

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